Caleb Mitchell vs Evan Esguerra

Nick Diaz, Stockton’s best-known mixed martial artist, has begun a promotion called WAR MMA and will put on his first show at 5 p.m. on June 22 at Stockton Arena.

Diaz didn’t show up at the weigh-in held today at Buffalo Wild Wings, but Record reporter Scott Linesburgh caught up with Caleb Mitchell and Evan Esguerra, who are scheduled to fight tomorrow. They discussed the fight and Mitchell’s traumatic experience in Guatemala.

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Bob Highfill

Bob Highfill has been with The Record sports department since 1990. He started as a part-time reporter/agate clerk then covered the high school sports beat before taking on the Pacific athletics beat. In 2006, he was named sports editor. Bob was ... Read Full

Scott Linesburgh

Linesburgh has been a member of The Record's sports department since 1988. A native of Wantagh, N.Y., he has covered the Stockton Thunder hockey franchise since its inception in 2005 and has spent more than two decades reporting on motorsports and ... Read Full

Thomas Lawrence

Lawrence became a prep and general assignment sports reporter for The Record in August 2014. He has covered high school, college and professional sports and more in his career. From November of 2011 through summer 2014, he covered college and prep ... Read Full